i think that propellerheads have a great idea..
they are making the gear accessible on a computer..
but they are KEEPING the gear metphor..
i perosnally know about 10 musicians who refuse to use a comptuer for
music..
simply because they are gear-heads.. they look at reaktor's interface and
cringe.. they see audiomulch and almost lose their lunch.. these guys want
knobs, cables, & leds.. and lots of em.. Reason could very well be the
software that blurs this line enough to tempt them to use it..
and any of you people who think the graphics on screen on Reason are taking
up serious system resources.. you need to look into visual programming a
little more.. interface design is always negligible compared to realtime
audio processing..
most of the knobs are repeated.. there's only like 10-ish face plates.. and
most of the grapics are bmp's anyway.. which take no overhead once
rendered.. especially with directx..
and yes it DOES have to look like roland gear.. that's what makes it
usable..
anyone who's been playing with gear for a few years knows that you can pick
up any new roland box, and learn it in a few minutes.. they are always very
straight forward and simple.. which makes them classic..
granted.. the older boxes (303 etc) could have been a little easier to use..
but they didnt have much options for processing then..
quoted 7 lines Whoever wrote this is a very smart man....it looked>> Whoever wrote this is a very smart man....it looked
>> cool to me at first but now that i hear this it really
>> makes me think otherwise...that stupid graphics crap
>> is a waste of computer energy!!
>
>This is exactly what I think. I want a purely functional interface on these
>things - Windows/Mac style would suit me fine. I thought Rebirth was far
too
quoted 2 lines fiddly as well as wasting processor time. The point is to sound like the>fiddly as well as wasting processor time. The point is to sound like the
>Roland products, it doesn't have to look like them too.
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